Topic: Profession

Texas ACLU Finds Dress Codes of 51 School Districts Violate CROWN Act

Publish Date: August 9, 2024

In 2023, Greg Abbott signed HB 567, also known as the Crown Act, into law to ban hair discrimination in schools and workplaces. Since then, many school districts have altered their dress codes to adjust to the new regulations put in place by the CROWN Act. However, the ACLU of Texas found that, still, many districts in Texas have not...

Urgent Call to Action: Texas House Public Education Committee Hearings on 08/12 and 08/13

Publish Date: July 26, 2024

The Texas House Public Education Committee is holding critical hearings on Monday, August 12 and Tuesday, August 13 on issues that are having or will have a profound impact on the future of public education in Texas. Perhaps most critically, the committee will consider the implementation of taxpayer-funded private school vouchers and the effect that the increasing quantity of uncertified...